Despite a century of legal tradition that a child's appearance should not factor into paternity determinations, Judge Patricia Gallaher ordered genetic testing for two girls said to have a complexion quite different from that of the white couple listed as their parents.
January 15, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Despite a century of legal tradition that a child’s appearance should not factor into paternity determinations, a Family Court judge in Rochester cited the biracial look of two girls in ordering genetic testing.
Matter of Damien v. J.G., 2012 NY Slip Op 22397, is an unusual matter in which a black man is seeking a declaration that he is the biological father of two children born within the marriage of a Caucasian couple.
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